Social, Behavioral Scientists Eligible to Apply for NSF S-STEM Grants
Solicitations are now being sought for the National Science Foundation’s Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics program, and in an unheralded […]
What does the Facebook emotional contagion study really tells us about research ethics? Perhaps, argues Robert Dingwall, that its time to deregulate public social science.
Many academics find themselves in an increasingly specialized area of research, which has benefits like creating an identity, increasing productivity and a […]
Following David Willetts’ resignation as part of the UK government’s cabinet reshuffle, Greg Clark MP has today been announced as the new Minister for Universities and Science. Steven Jones looks at the flurry of comment taking place on Twitter about the reshuffle and what might prove to be the lasting legacy of the previous minister.
This piece was originally posted on SAGE’s Management Ink Blog here and is re-posted here with the kind permission of Management Ink editors. *** A quick […]
[We’re pleased to welcome Rohit Verma who collaborated with HyunJeong (Spring) Han on their article “Why Attend Tradeshows? A Comparison of Exhibitor […]
David Glance argues that the university-shaking predictions once routinely made for massive open online courses have been borne out.
[We’re pleased to welcome comments from David Coghlan and Paul Coughlan, both of Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. Their paper “Effecting Change and […]
Kim Holmberg argues altmetrics have exciting potential for measuring the impact of public outreach. But where do we draw the line between promoting our own work and gaming the altmetrics?